Can there be an action free from the taint of desire? If there can be, what is the nature of that action?
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Wise desire vs ignorant desire.
The problem the Buddha identified is ignorance desire, called 'tanha'.
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Desire is a normal feeling thats why Buddha chose the middle way ,if you don't eat the desire to eat will definitely arise, its the identification with desire that poisons it as well as identification with any feeling or more accurately the attachment
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.Thus effortless action is free from identification with desire .Its simple spontaneous and according to what the moment brings ,its not forced on oneself because with forcing the desire becomes identified with a person who wants to fulfill it, thus the attachment and suffering .When the desire arises and is simply known ,doing works on its own level.You can think of it in terms that desire is necessary just for action to take place and not as a possessive mental state.
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Desire, in itself, is a general type of phenomena. Any volitional action is fueled by desire of some kind. The Buddha tells us that certain kinds of desire are conditions for the arising of dukkha; what are those kinds? Kama Tanha, Bhava Tanha, and Vibhava Tanha.
The main feature of these three kinds of desire is that they are rooted in ignorance and cognitive distorsions; they are based on wrong expectations and interpretations about our subjective experience and reality. The interpretation behind those three kinds of desires makes us see conditioned phenomena as self, as completely satisfactory, as permanent, and as inherently beautiful.
As Arahants continue thinking, speaking and executing bodily actions, we can see that some kind of desire remains; namely, all of those that are not born out of ignorance.
In sum, desire is not a taint in itself; ignorant desire (tanha, in pali) is a taint and a condition for the continuation of dukkha.
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